Biography

Hal Work has been teaching digital darkroom techniques for years at the Eureka Photoshop Users Group. He’s an award-winning photographer who’s chosen to make Humboldt County his home and working environment.

After having worked for 30 years in Silicon Valley, Hal began his own photography and fine art printing business, Lucid Works, in 2003. He also does website development for artists and photographers.

Hal’s photographs have been on display at the Morris Graves Museum, Redwood Art Association exhibits, various Arts Alive! and Arts Arcata venues, and local businesses. His photographs are on display in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Even an international rock star bought one! Some of Hal’s work can be seen at the Center for Fine Art Photography’s website.

If you are in need of wide format fine art printing, short runs of beautiful business or travel cards, or something lovely to put on that wall over the couch, please contact Hal Work.

1953Hal's Aunt Marian gave him his first camera. His first photo was at twilight of a lineman working at the top of a pole. After the flash, he heard words that he had never heard before ... but too often since.

High School and College YearsInfluenced by Kurt Vonnegut, Frederic Brown, Anthony Boucher, Richard Matheson, Alfred Hitchcock, and Robert Sheckley.

Attained degrees in business administration and mathematics as well as a secondary teaching certificate.

Became proficient with a Canon SLR.

1971 - 1974Started using a Leica rangefinder.

Photographer for Austin School in Austin, Nevada on the “Loneliest Highway in America” while being the math department and half the science, history, and english departments.

1976Saw real Vermeers at the Mauritshuis and Rijksmuseum ... and was changed.

Built a Vector Graphics microcomputer and attended Homebrew Computer Club meetings at the Stanford Linear Accelerator auditorium with the likes of Lee Felsenstein, Gordon French, Steve Wozniak, and Steve Jobs.

1977Joined the R&D team at Cromemco Microcomputers. Wrote technical manuals and rewrote their BASIC database management system.